Stop AAPI Hate, a weeks-old online tool that’s been tracking anti-Asian racism in an attempt to capture the scope of the problem has received more than 1,400 reports and counting.
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Fears of the coronavirus have fueled rising anti-Chinese sentiment online as a combination of traditional slurs and new terms such as “kungflu” conflate the pandemic with ethnic and national identity, say social media researchers who tracked surging expressions of hostility for papers published Wednesday evening.
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As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.
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“We stand with the Chinese American and Asian American community against the rise of
racist rhetoric, stigma, and paranoia due to fears about COVID-19.”
Two Garden Grove high school students videotaped themselves mocking Asian American students – shouting “coronavirus” during a school cultural assembly and harassing Vietnamese American classmates.
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We call on all the people of Orange County to refrain from the racism and xenophobia that misinformation and conspiracy theories are promoting. The risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 comes from prolonged exposure, not ethnicity, race or nationality.
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In response to increasing hate crimes and incidents, OC Human Relations is rolling out its first statewide anti-hate program to equip schools with the resources to launch their own educational and awareness campaigns.
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A new website – kNOwHate.us – has recently been launched to help promote OC Human Relations’ kNOwHATE campaign and to share resources and information about upcoming trainings and events.
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On January 14, eighteen high school students and adult advisors from Marina and Segerstrom High Schools engaged in day-long restorative dialogue held at OC Human Relations’ offices and facilitated by members of OC Human Relations’ staff
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A countywide report on hate incidents and crimes across Orange County – based on data compiled by the OC Human Relations Commission over the past decade – shows hate incidents have gone up by more than 100 percent since 2008, while hate crimes are up by nearly 50 percent.
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